Standards From Film (2 Vinyles LP) / Mike Moreno Quartet

Description

Side A:
Beautiful Love - You Stepped Out Of A Dream - There Will Never Be Another You
Side B: Stella By Starlight - Laura
Side C: I Fall In Love Too Easily - On Green Dolphin Street - My Foolish Heart
Side D: Invitation - Days Of Wine And Roses
Like a well-crafted character in a Hollywood film, Standards From Film, guitarist Mike Moreno's fourth Criss Cross album, mines a strong and compelling backstory. Recorded in December 2021, when the world and New York were no longer locked down by COVID, it allows listeners to hear the provenance of ten iconic standards that, as he says, “are the tunes from jazz summer workshop.” You have to learn these songs if you want to be a jazz musician. You learn them very young or in the early days of your journey in this musical world.
The album was recorded on December 22, 2021, at Samurai Hotel Recording Studio in New York City. The engineer, Mike Marciano, also did the editing, mixing, and mastering at Systems Two in New York.